Hi, steve. Yes, mmtty is somehow messed up. The Digipan arrow
movement is already checked in the software. When I hit f9 for
transmit, how do I stop transmitting?
Will look up data modes regarding the 480.
Meanwhile, the trial and error goes on, hi.--Matt, N1IBB.
At 04:37 PM 7/19/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>Matt,
>
>Well there is some good news. I guess there is a setting messed up in
>MMTTY. You can revisit that some other time.
>
>If your interface is keying the radio and generating the psk tones, that
>is a step in the right direction.
>
>A lot of these programs have junk that flashes on the screen and gets
>grabbed by the screen reader. You might want to look under the "view"
>menu. You will probably see a number of things checked, like status
>bar, clock, and maybe some other junk. Try unchecking some of this
>stuff and see if the extra speech goes away.
>
>I don't remember what the high and low cut frequencies of the 480's dsp
> are. You should probably open them up a bit. If you plan on using
>the data mode filtering, you need to read up on that in the 480 manual.
>
>
>I forget which menu in Digipan, but arrow down and you will see one
>that says "use arrows for seek" or something like that. Check that,
>and you will use your pc's keyboard left and right arrow keys to jump
>to the next signal.
>
>You don't tune in the signals with the vfo knob. Get on 14.070 USB
>for example and use the arrow key (in this case right arrow, if I
>remember right) and the software will jump to the next signal it sees
>and decode it.
>
>There is an area of the screen called "the waterfall display". That
>really can't be accessed with a screen reader. Each signal is
>represented by a double line like a railroad track. A sighted ham would
> use his mouse to choose which signal he wants to decode and click
>with the mouse. Then the text from that signal starts displaying in
>the RX window.
>
> Setting the menu mentioned above to use the arrow keys will let you
>jump to the next signal without a mouse.
>
>I'm glad the TX side works for you. Now you really need to bone up on
>psk. Read the docs for the software and maybe some tutorials online.
>you will have the same issues getting the screen reader to do what you
>want as you did in the other program.
>
>There are a boatload of psk programs out there. You aren't married to
>this one.
>
>Hey, it's a hobby. Nobody said it was going to be fun.
>
>
>73, Steve KW3A
>
>
>
>
>
>On 7/19/2015 4:07 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> > Hi, Steve. Well, the transmitter keyed up and the tone went out on
> > PSK/Digipan. However, the speech keeps reading "200, 300" etc., no
> > matter how carefully I tune to the tone.
> >
> > Also, in either mtty or Digipan, should I adjust the gain? And
> > unless I'm missing something, can't get the filter to go to
> 3000.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >
> > P.S. Haven't felt compelled to either light the fuse on the 480, or
> > take it to the shooting range.
> >
> > At 02:52 PM 7/19/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >> I think the only thing you need to do is figure out why the interface
> >> isn't keying the radio.
> >>
> >>
> >> Since you have Digipan on your pc, in the configuration menu, under
> >> soundcards, select the USB sound device for both RX and TX. Also under
> >> the configuration/serial ports menu, select "none". Press f9 and the
> >> radio should key and the psk tones transmitted
> >>
> >> If this works, then your RTTY problems are in the MMTTY settings. If
> >> it doesn't key in Digipan, then the problem is probably in the
> >> interface. Not installed, connected, or adjusted right.
> >>
> >>
> >> MMTTY only does RTTY and Digipan does PSK. You can try the trial
> >> version of MixW which John uses. It is multimode, but I never got it
> >> working here. Until you get the hardware figured out, you might want to
> >> hold off on any software that has a trial period, since you can't take
> >> full advantage of it. The cd that came with the SL may have had some
> >> other software on it.
> >>
> >> BTW, I stick to RTTY and haven't done any psk in years, so of course
> >> I'm an expert.
> >>
> >> If need be, find the fuse on the 480 and light it.
> >> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/19/2015 2:28 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>> Hi, Steve. Thanks. Will be looking for PSK and follow your
> >>> suggestions. Besides opening up the filter and turning on Menu 45,
> >>> is there anything else I need to do on my 480?
> >>>
> >>> Also, will mmtty do psk, and are there any settings I need to change
> >>> for that to work? I also have digipan and have same questions about
> >>> that one as well. Can digipan do RTTY? Thanks.--Matt.
> >>>
> >>> At 01:09 PM 7/19/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>> Matt,
> >>>>
> >>>> Glad you got something working. The wav files are nice, but you
> >>>> will have to start tuning in real signals.
> >>>>
> >>>> Not sure how much monkeying around with the screen will help.
> >>>> Tinker if you want, you can always untinker later.
> >>>>
> >>>> The left knob is TX audio and the middle knob is RX audio. You might
> >>>> want to try increasing the TX (left knob) and decrease the VOX (right
> >>>> knob) and see if you can get the radio to key.
> >>>>
> >>>> You can hear PSK on 20 meters anytime the band is open, between 14.070
> >>>> and 14.073 If you are on 14.070 use USB mode, if on 14.073
> use LSB mode.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Open the filter in the radio to 3 khz. The psk software will grab all
> >>>> the signals in that 3 khz for decoding.
> >>>>
> >>>> Have fun, Steve KW3A
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 7/19/2015 12:27 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>>>> Ok, Steve, we got receive back. Readjusted everything according to
> >>>>> instructions. Also under the sl/usb codec speaker settings, changed
> >>>>> freq response to 11025. ARan test again, and it's reading the files.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Does it help if I size the creen by character width and line height
> >>>>> under mtty? Also, anywhere I can get sounds of PSK31 so as to know
> >>>>> what to listen for?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also, which knobs on the signallink do what? Far right is
> >>>>> vox? Other two knobs set pointing straight up.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Oh, no smoke yet - but wait ... there's more!--Matt, N1IBB.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> t 09:06 AM 7/19/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>>>> Matt,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Too much junk in RTTY is usually to much drive to the sound
> card. The
> >>>>>> RTTY contests are over and it will be harder to find a
> >> signal on the
> >>>>>> air to decode. On to PSK!.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> You're jumping back and forth between RX and TX and don't
> seem to have a
> >>>>>> handle on either one.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> When you transmit and hear tones, are they coming from
> the radio, or
> >>>>>> the pc's speakers?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> If from the radio (tones from radio, but not going into TX) it's a
> >>>>>> vox/tx drive issue. If the tones are coming out of the
> pc's speakers,
> >>>>>> I think you may not have the right sound card selected and are trying
> >>>>>> to transmit on the pc's sound card.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The fact that you saw some call signs yesterday, would lead
> me to think
> >>>>>> you are at least hooked up correctly, with the mini din
> plugged into the
> >>>>>> center jack of the 3 behind the little cover. It's a snug
> fit. Are you
> >>>>>> sure it is plugged in firmly? On mine, the little notch
> on the metal
> >>>>>> barrel of the plug is at the 12 o'clock position.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Don't worry, it's all just a bad dream.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>>>>> On 7/19/2015 8:44 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>>>>>> No smoking or zapping sounds yet. Adjusted the volume, and now, I'm
> >>>>>>> getting garbled characters. Probably should have left well enough
> >>>>>>> alone, but had to tinker, hi. Does that mean the volume's now too
> >>>>>>> low?--Matt, N1IBB.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> At 10:37 PM 7/18/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Hi Matt,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Been playing in the contest. I did see John responded
> to your other
> >>>>>>>> posts. He said the same thing I had mentioned, that you
> >> need to follow
> >>>>>>>> the instructions for what levels to set within Windows for the SL's
> >>>>>>>> sound card
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The "overflow" message means too much drive for the sound
> card. So
> >>>>>>>> you should lower the level on the RX drive knob.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On a previous question:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I don't think there is a hot key to get to the RX
> >> window. This is
> >>>>>>>> where you and your screen reader become fast friends.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Don't worry. Next week you get to tackle PSK.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> If you smell smoke, pull the plug and run.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 7/18/2015 10:24 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Hi, Folks. Somehow, I messed up my MMTTY settings. When I run the
> >>>>>>>>> test files, I get overflow, and no text. Is the mic
> volume on my SL
> >>>>>>>>> USB too high? What happened? Thanks.--Matt, n1ibb.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
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